Italy icon Franco Baresi led the tributes paid to former Yugoslavia footballer and ex-AC Milan coach Sinisa Mihajlovic, who has died on the age of 53 following a combat with leukaemia.
The previous Lazio and Inter Milan star has succumbed to his sickness following a battle of over three years having nonetheless been within the dug-out at Italian membership Bologna simply three months in the past.
Former Italy and AC Milan captain Franco Baresi led the tributes to Mihajlovic after he handed away in a clinic in Rome on Friday.
Sinisa Mihajlovic, pictured when Bologna boss, has died aged 53 following a battle with leukaemia
The previous defender stated: ‘Hello warrior you fought head excessive to the top actual man. RIP.’
The Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni additionally pay her respects, by saying: ‘You fought like a lion on the pitch and in life. You’ve been an instance and have given braveness to many who’re going through the illness.
‘You’ve been described as an iron sergeant, you could have proven that you’ve got a giant coronary heart. You’re and can at all times be a winner. To God Sinisa Mihajlovic.’
Deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini added: ‘I do not need to imagine it, you bloody bastard illness. Bon voyage #Sinisa, champion on and off the sphere. We’ll miss you a lot.’
AC Milan have paid tribute by tweeting: ‘Heaven has gained one other legend. You can be sorely missed, Siniasa.
Fellow Serie A outfit Sampdoria additionally posted: ‘Ciao Sinisa.’ Whereas Inter Milan additionally joined in by writing: ‘You are by no means able to say hiya to a journey companion. Hello Siniasa.’
Considered one of his former golf equipment Lazio posted a press release on their web site from president Claudio Lotito: ‘SS Lazio mourns the passing of Sinisa Mihajlovic: an incredible Lazio man, a warrior on the pitch and in life.
‘His braveness on the pitch was second solely to that proven within the face of a severe sickness, which by no means weakened him spirit and mood.
‘An indelible hint within the historical past of Lazio will stay of this fighter with a giant coronary heart, not just for having been Champion of Italy, however for the message of hope within the face of the difficulties that he was in a position to signify as much as the final second of his life.
‘We’ll bear in mind him as he deserves, with the infinite embrace of his crew and his folks.
‘Our deepest condolences to the household.’
Mihajlovic performed 63 instances and scored 10 objectives for Yugoslavia between 1991 and 2003, enjoying at each the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000.
His membership profession noticed him play for Crimson Star Belgrade in his dwelling nation, serving to them win the European Cup in 1991, earlier than transferring to Italy, the place he performed for outstanding Serie A golf equipment Roma, Sampdoria, Lazio and Inter Milan.
It was his six seasons at Lazio that noticed Mihajlovic obtain appreciable success, serving to them to the Serie A title in 1999-2000 and the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1998-99.
He would win a second Scudetto with Inter within the 2005-06 season in addition to 4 Italian Cups total.
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